On June 17th, Billlie’s agency Mystic Story released a notice titled, “Online etiquette-related Re-announcement” in the group’s official fancafe.
Mystic Story said, “Recently, cases of fan violating etiquette have recently occurred in the communication platform Bubble”, adding “The artist has not taken any action because she didn’t want to report it, however, excessive words and actions continue, we can no longer overlook the current situation to protect the artist.”
Mystic Story also listed controversial Bubble messages sent by fans such as “Never come back to Japan”, “Don’t return to Japan. I don’t want to see your face”, “Why didn’t you look at me? Why did you pass by so fast?”, etc. They emphasized, “We will proceed with reporting those who sent the messages”.
Earlier, Billlie’s member Tsuki has been suffering from aggressive and excessive messages from some fans in Bubble. In screenshotted pictures spreading in online communities, a fan scolded Tsuki, saying “You should learn which fans are members of Billlie’s fanclub and greet them instead of greeting other people”. Tsuki directly responded to the comment, saying “I’m sorry for making you guys sad, I’ll work harder!!!”.
In response to another fan’s comment, saying “That’s okay, I’m already dead because you didn’t come to Bubble yesterday”, Tsuki said, “Why are you talking like that? Don’t die”, adding “I’m sorry for not coming yesterday”.
Netizens reacted, “Did she pretend not to know someone familiar?”, “They are fans too”, “Do idols really get dozens of Bubble messages like that every day?”, etc.
Mystic Story then publicized nicknames of fans who sent malicious messages and announced that they would permanently expel those fans from the group’s events. Earlier, ILY:1’s Ririka also complained about comments crossing the line from fans.
